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Show PAGE TWO THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S, Men Marooned mm By GEORGE MARSH ferries. CHAPTER IX ... Copyright bj Th Continued 14 "A home a homel" repeat-0- 0 the other, moody eyes on the pipe Which he rubbed In his broad palm. "It doesn't mean anything to me, John." "Yes, I know," and Skene looked pityingly at his chief. Then voices b deck straightened them In their A sailor thrust his head chairs. through the door of the cabin. "There's an Injun, here with some news. "Send him down P The Cree Interpreter entered the cabin, followed by a hunter whose face was alive with excitement, as he chattered to the Cree. "What's on his mind, MIcheir demanded McDonald. Shutting oft with upraised hand the treain of Cree from the month of the Indian, the interpreter replied: "Joe Mokoman ees dead I" "What?" McDonald rasped. "Dead? How d'you mean? Killed?" "round dead on de Canoe Riviere, wld hees t'road ripped out" "Well, I'll be d d! Who found him? This bird?" "Xo, he see some Cree crossln' Ice t de Ceeg point dey tell him." With a quick movement, McDonald reached and drew the Interpreter to him. "Tou say some of the Indians re crossing to the mainland?" For a space the harsh phonetics of the Cree tongue filled the cabin. "At Beeg point, yesterday, he see from de nord' cross Many dog-teae tee. A Canoe Riviere hunter say lie fin' Mokoman dead In snow by riviere shore." "But Where's old Soucl? Didn't he make his medicine on the Canoe?" "Yes, he say Soucl mak' beeg medicine two sleep back 'all de hunter een ord of Islan come." "Good I Soucl Is bringing them down the coast." But as the Interpreter continued to Interrogate the Indian his eyes widened In surprise, which swiftly gave way to consternation. Turning excitedly, ie cried : "Soucl tell dem Cree dnt de evll ees een de ship here! He score dem crazee tak' dem all ovalr de Ice to Elkwan !" McDonald and Skene were on their feet. "What?" reared the "lie's taken them to Elkwan? Stunned, the white men sought eneh titer's faces. "Souei, he come here to fool ns," went on Michel. "He work nil tarn' for de Hudson's Buy." And "Whipsawed !" McDonalds bulk slid limply Into his cliiiir. I "The old beggar He fed It to us like a lot of schoolboys!" sputtered Skene, wagging his grizzled head. "He ure put It over In style." "Played like a pair of fish!" McDonald suddenly straightened. "Skene, for two cents I'd cross the Ire and get that fur. It's ours they stole it." Skene looked hard Into the blue eyes of his chief. "First we'd have a handsome row to get It, that man with the scar, and his will fight; second, the police would be up liere before we were out of the Ice Foolish talk 1" McDonald's twisted features relaxed. "You're right, John, right. It can't be done. We've got too murh at take." Skene looked suggestively at hi chief, as he added : "We have anil you - have." The other shifted His gaie as he Muttered. "Yes that's only too true." "But Mokoman! What'd yon ray bnpiiened to him?" Skene asked Michel. "He was killed by de dog hees froaf tore." "Killed by his own rings queer ! Might have been wolves." "No, de dog follow shoe tracks hack to de trail. No wolf do dat." "Well, so much for Mokoman I Small loss never liked him." "Does he know how much fur they had these hunters who crossed?" asked the mate. "Dey have mooch fur 'bout one homier skin." "Half of It silver and black, probn his ably. A small fortune! II I chagrin Skene crashed his hard fist on the table. "You're a Judge of men. John. Tlmt fellow snre Ikked us." McDonald admitted ruefuly. "Now we're gut no time to lose with the southern hunt-era- . free-traile- half-bree- Michel !" The Cree leaned to hear the whls percd order of the free trader. "You keep this Iniliun on the bout till him np and lock him In, forward. If he got loose among the southern camps with this devil tnlk, they'd follow the Other, r'.reiiult ought to know, hut the Lord knows where he Is." Shortly two dog teams left the hlp bound for the cstups In the south half f the IsIhoi In a Hind rush to save the klns yet tin traded. The Christmas mall from Albany Was approaching on the river trail below E'kwan. from l upper Dikwan and the Shainattawn, from the Winfsh and lie Haft, for days the hunters hml l. if'ed In in the post, dog harness colored Worsted and Jitipllng with I ".. There old Soucl, elated by f.-i- his stratagem and proud of the praise which Garth bad given unstintedly in the privacy of his tent, had led the Aklmlskl hunters with their valuable In the trade-rooGarth and Etlenne were busy preparing for the trade which had not yet begun, for an Indian makes a ceremony of bis Christmas visit to a post and In contrast to the speed with which he pushes his dogs "over the river trails On the way In, is the deliberation with which he proceeds to barter his hunt when he has reached the fur post It was a happy pair that were opening bundles of blankets, getting out sugar and flour, tea and tobacco, from the store-roofilling the shelves with the trade-good- s of the compuny. "Ah-haW'at goiu' on out dereT' Etlenne looked from a window. "De mall ees coniinT he cried, and slipping on his parka, went out followed by Garth. The Albany mail! Cnrth Guthrie's thoughts were a medley of surmises, questions, hopes. Letters from home! There would be little from his family Ethel, that would bring cheer to an exile's Christmas. But the letter which a girl ou tl moonlit shore of the Albany had promised to send him had she remembered? As be passed the tlpls on his way to the chuttering people on the shore, his heart was quick with expectation reAfter the disapproval hope. proach, of home letters, the letter from Joan Quarrler would come like the sun breaking through the cloud canopy of the bay. But if she had forgotten? As be Joined Etlenne and Marie, the possibility of there being no letter on the sled behind the four n Ungava huskies galloping In to to the shouts of the Crees, made him set his finger nails In the palm of his hands. Up at lils quarters, the little Christmas spruce waited on a table for her letter his Christmas. Should It wait fur-pack- m Penn Publishing Co. In the heart of the Santa Claus of Elkwan, the pleasure lighting the dark faces of his friends at his unexpected gifts reacted manyfold. Besides, at the top of the tree, bis own Christmas waited his eager eyes. When with much bustle and chatter his friends returned to their cabin and old Anne left him. Garth sat down to read the letters from home. The first opened , was his brother's, which ran as follows: " "If I had been told that my own brother, was to disgrace - himself as you have seen fit to do up there on James bay, I should have knocked down the liar who said It We understand now your strange refusul to return home, your Indifference to Ethel and the business. Professor Quarrier has given me the whole shameful story. A while woman would have been had enough hut a squaw Pah!" Guthrie's lean face set hard as h". read the first lines. Slowly the blood pushed up under the 1 wind-burne- d skin. "A white woman would have been bad enough but a squaw!" Heading no further, he crushed the letter in his hand and let it full "Poor Nlnda!" The letter from Clara was a medley of hysteria, reproach, and unmistakable evidence of a sincere affection for Elk-wa- in "vain? In the trade-rooGarth opened the mail bag with nervous fingers. Clara's familiar hand, company mail from Cameron, two from Ethel, pale blue He heard the hammering of his heart ns he fumbled for. and drew out, the last envelops in the bug. One from nn old army friend, another from his colonel, a Slowly he slid the folded paper from the one beneath the last, as he doubtfully shook his head, numb with disappointment. A He looked! strange hand a Hers! She had kept her woman's word to the exile. In his Joy Garth sought the privacy of the rear of the counter to read Joan Quarrier's letter. Then be remembered. He had said It was to hung from the tree, to be read last, on Christmas' day. Tucking It Into the shirt beneath his coat, he put the others In a pocket and joined Etlenne who wait and the hungry ed for Marie's dinner. After all. It was to be a happy Christmas. A trade beyond Ms hopes; triumph over the schooner which I try thirty miles away over the lee and word from the girl who faced so dauntlessly with those unwavering dark eyes. A Merry Christmas for Garth Guthrie, come what might from Charlie and Clara and Ethel. From Ethel, what? On Christmas eve he stood In his living room with old Anne, before the little spruce, brave with worsted and colored paper and bits of lighted candle. On the tree hnng colored bags and nt Its foot nere small parcels lied with gaudy Christmas ribbon. On the topmost twig was a letter. "Yon told them, Anne?" he asked the grinning squaw, proud In her best wool dress, her raven hair coquettish-lcircled by a huge pink ribbon a gift of Garth's, cherished for ceremonies like the present. chuckled the faithful Cree. "Iey come soon. now. Marie, she rub dem ehil's face till dey shine lak de moon." Garth paced the floor, his lean, dark face beaming In anticipation. Then laughter, giggles, shouts of children, followed by stern reproof In a man's voice, announced the arrival of the guests, the eight Savanncs. Gar'h and Shot simultaneously sprang to the door to welcome the comely Marie, lending her excited brood of six, with the grinning Etienne as rear guard. "Merry Christmas, Marie! Jean! Yvonne!" he cried, fairly driiircing the giggling and embarrassed children Into the hotie. "Ah, Monsieur Etlenne friend of McDonald Ha! Siivanne, fin!. Is also Willi us innlghi." Willi Ills audience seated. Garth proceeded 'to divide the gifts he had ordered the previous year from tower Canada. For each of the children was a bag of candy, which was opened with wide eyed curiosity and grins of di'llirht. And, as the sweet tooth of Is also highly developed In grown-upthe North. Marie and Anne, who had not been forgotten. swiftly evidenced their appreciation of good candy by Joining the children In thiir munching. Then the to.is In packages marked with the children's names were given out. There remained a dress each for Marie find Anne, is nI a Itoss sporting rillt for the delighted Ltiit.i.e. y "Ah-hnh,- " s Friday, October 14, 1927 we learned how yon had been living, fry love died. To share your affee--ttowith an Ignorant, Immoral squaw was asking a little to much, Garth." The man who read langbed outright. "Your love died, my poor child, on the wharf at Quebec, when you saw what the Huns had done to your soldier boy," he said aloud. . "Well, why the postscript?" he went on. "She throws me over In the first letter, horse, foot and dragoons; why continue the agony?" Opening the second envelop, be read: "When I wrote you. Garth, dear, I did not understand that she had died, but Mr. Quarrier tells me that his sister helped nurse her. Of course. It was all a horrible shock, but now that It Is over and you may come home, I am willing to forget the past If you want me to." Rising In disgust Guthrie paced the noor. "Mercirul heavens I She's willing to forget the past Poor, shallow, scheming Ethel I Kather than lose brother-ln-laCharles, yon cray-fiseat humble-pie- , grovel on your knees. u - tr i he. ouoted . ae.thin.1. i,.h. swallow that,'too, are you, my dear?" Guthrie finished the letter. So Ethel Falconer waited with open arms for the prodigal lover. Put. unlike the son of the tale, the prodigal lover was not returning. Picking up and finishing the crumpled letter of Charles, Gurth learned that inasmuch as he had disgraced the famlry name and Ignored the family wishes, the Guthrie family would proceed to try to forget Its black sheep. With a smile of contempt Garth opened the door of the sheet-Irostove and tossed In the letters. Clare's he would answer old Clara, who alone had sensed his condition and his unhappl-neson his return home. Then raising his arms and expelling a deep breath of relief, he said: "Thank God, that's over I And now " He took the letter of Joan Quarrier from the tree aud eagerly opened It "Dear Mr. Exile: "Have you kept your promise? Is this the last letter to be read? I wish you a very happy Christmas, but Just how that would be possible up there on your frozen west coast Is difficult to imagine. However, I hope you will not be lonely with thoughts of home and What you have so stubbf-rnlturned from." Garth's brows knotted In thought "Of course," he surmised, "she must know about Ethel since her brother had met Charles had heard of the engagement and his strange actions. But if she thought hhn still engaged, why did she write?" Joan continued : "My winter has been an active one, working In a school for homeless children. Poor things! They need all one sji give them. It has not been as uninteresting as It sounds. Everything Is so new and strange. "But you, when are you coming back to your kind, Mr. Exile? You must be wonderfully well after two years and they are still waiting for you. "Again my deepest gratitude for your hospitality to the shipwrecked." Garth finished the letter with a groan of disappointment "She's heard a fine tale from the family, and ber brother's version wouldn't help it any, he muttered. "Doesn't speak of She. in a meeting them, though. school for homeless children " It was evident to Guthrie from the reserved tone of Joan Quarrier's letter that she had heard of his engagement to Ethel, und It was also quite as clear that she was ignorant of the color of the story Quarrier had retailed to Charles. To this, he realized. Joan Quarrier would give instant and flat denial but she was not even would never meet the Guth-'rjs- . And after ull, whut did it matter? He was through with them his smug brother, and the girl who had lost him when she stared In horror at his scarred cheek that day wlien the ltoyal Montreal came home. He replaced the letter In the pocket of his shirt to be reread again and again with Increasing disappointment chagrin. He had Impvri for something more personal something of the Jonn Quarrier he hud known for five short days In September. Bui It was evident that she thought the factor oFtfllWrltn not a free man. Well. I he was now. Qmrf1er had done him j n utrintentmtiHl kindness In that lie bad forced Ethel's hand. Now he, ! Garth, could accept her release. Then ! what? Far Into the night tiii'brle sat and i smoked, but when be blew out the candle, be was no nearer a solution ol his problem. Joan Quarrier had lieen right when she feared that a lonely Christmas awaited the exile at Elkwan. It did a Christinas gray because a thousand miles of forest se,t-rated Garth Gulhrie from a girl whose hair the imMin once touched with silver dust on the cllfTs of the i 1 iv. n good-hearte- s, "De Mail Ees Comin'." He Cried. her erring brother-in-law- . His eyes softened as he followed the misguided woman's effort to apeal to his sentiment to his old love for Ethel. "Of course she knows, Gurth. That Quarrier man spread It all over town. But I am sure, In spite of It all, she still loves you would forgive. If you asked her. Oh. Garth! You're the only brother I have, and I've always doted on you. Won't you. for my sake, come back this spring for your own, for Ethel's sake. I don't know what she's writing you. but you mustn't take It seriously. She's terribly hurt of course but I know she'll forget It all. If you come back." "Poor old Clara," said the man aloud. "Poor, simple Clara I She can't see yet that It's brother Charlie who counts with Ethel, not I." So Quarrier had had his revenge. It was not Quarrier. her brother. strange after the snubbing he got. But she? What did Joan Quarrier think of the tale her brother had brought to Charles Guthrie? Then he opened the two letters In the blue envelottes. One was dated a month earlier than the other and he read that first. "I Imagine your life In France." ran the letter, "was similar to that of the last year on James bay. I have learned much of what went on over there. Was It a French girl or an army nurse?" She had unwittingly hurt him In the only way It was now possible for Ethel Falconer to reach the man who had once loved her. Army nurse! WhHt hud Ethel done for Canada to qualify her as a critic of I lie women who had tolled and dared behind the lines, that stricken men might live? He read on: "of course. Cartti. this Is your answer. I was willing to forAlliany get lie slight, the neglect, but when I n j ITO UK CO.NTINI Kl j ' Thinkers Have Ever Seen Trouble Ahead We are nil more or lens nervous nt times especially when something UK about what is goes wrong going to happen to the human nice. 'Hie psychiatrists are particularly apprehensive. Dr. Mat Shlapp, for In Malice, told the Academy of Medicine at New York that he feared that the whole nop of tomorrow- would either be grossly damaged or lowered In gen oral efficiency fis a result of ihe tdidi ensiori Ihes we lead though, to he fur'1, Bil of us don't lead that kind of lives. lwas ever thus, Greece saw trouble ahead; o U'd Rome, Those - who watched the moths flutter round Ihe l.euis XIV candle In Pran.'e were .Tavoly apprehensive, and si were those who frowned on the gayetles. of the court of ChniloB H In fjialan.I Trouble wag ahead then as It Is now. Some pretty had messes followed, hut humanity survived, arid, on (lie whole. t ,.,... iruui.ip on, .,, "'ways ii head. We never ea'ch up with Ihe dires, of It. Surely there is comfort In the thought that the worst Is yet lo come and probably will never ' ... here. Indinn-ipoll- Kewa. I a Privilmg Jt'm ' mors to Utah Rain which had falFARMINGTON len last week has been disastrous to Davis county onion growers who had onions pulled ready for shipment. Rain has been prevalent throughout the entire county all week, with a general snowstorm. According to Mr. Matthews, farm bureau crop tester, 160 carloads of onions which were to be moved out of the county thhs week are lying In the fields. Up till this week there have been 165 carloads sent out this season. MYTON Persons who came to My-to- n by way of the Strawberry route,refrom Salt Lake City last week-enI Prted wfU f AUnah and ' Snow a,s per county Friday afternoon. In the lower part of the basin it was quite cold. Retail department SALT LAKE stores of the state of Utah had a total payroll of $1,188,709 during the year ending June 30, 1926. These stores gave employment to an average of 1181 persons during that time. BRIGHAM CITY Beet growers of the Brighara City sugar factory district have received orders to begin harvesting and delivering their ripe beets Monday, acordlng to Orson A. Christensen, agricultural superintendent of the local factory district. LOGAN Cache county cattle have made a very good showing at the annual Utah state fair, which opened at Salt Lake last Saturday, October 1, in the opinion of County Agricultural Agent R. L. Wrigley. SALT LAKE Although the greatest rainfall in twenty years has been experienced In southern Utah this season, with heavy showers recently, roads in that section are In good condition, everything considered, according to Frank Page Stewart, who, with W. D. Sutton, has Just completed a survey of southern counties for the state board of equalization. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Sutton returned to Salt Lake Saturday. SPANISH FORK Great improvement is being made on the road from Spanish Fork to the mouth of Spanish Fork canyon by the state road commission, directed by the state road commission, directed by R. W. Money. A corps of workers is surfacing the road withcrushed gravel, making ,it almost like a paved highway. The workers also are grading up the road from the outside edges, making It better for passing automobiles. A corner has likewise been rounded off as the road enters town, thus eliminating two ight angle turns. BRIGHAM CITY Jesse W. Hoopes of this city, president of the Utah Poultry Cooperative Marketing association, announced tht arrangements were completed during the week for the purchase of the state association if the large warehouse located near the Oregon Short Line railroad depot from Alfred N. Olsen, fruit and pro duce dealer of this city. The consid eration is approximately $10,000. SALT LAKE More varieties of wild flowers can be found in Utah than any other state. Approximately ivery variety of wild flower found in other states can be found in Utah, together with many varieties common nly to the Beehive state. HELPER Ground was broken last week for the largest business block ever constructed in Helper. The structure to be erected Just norta of the Times building will cover an acreage if 13fi by 90 feet, and is being financed by the Helper Sectvelties company. he block Is under construction by the Helper Building and Construction com-and J -- J. W. Carlson of Fort who has charge of the Uintah basin experimental farm, which Is located on a forty-acrtract near that place, reports that satisfactory progress has been made during the year 1927. Farmers from all n.rt. t ,.- U"B nave visuea the farm, and. It Is l1. received substantial help. r ampa Receipts of the recent Tw,n FaIIs unty fair, exceeded the high record by approximately Drevi,' 25000- - "cording to Frank J. Keenan, The total was $19,091.33. secretary. m "u raouni, tiz.643.50 was tak- en In at the gate and rr.nH.i... $772.60 from boxes, and $5,665.33 from .oncesslons and miscellaneous Items. VERNAL I lie nisi him i ,e son occured in n, Asniry vi I on n ley early The orning MYTON e official goretn.n-i.- i A. Theodore lohosoii HtiiHi inerrr riN,riefi in.( his thornionitei 'mmiwi jjt ,.tree sheve leio in v.ii. urt of the V8ll mil Ilinol iMIIIHIfr done to ihMh oroiiio i n killing fr isis n .he vium writ- - oti the nlht of Mv is i ml n i he srwn h tween tb 'fe irwn rosts mrt ,hn first nutiiniri rrosi- - Hem, ne ,r less than months ItOtSE District engineers. In Iloiso for the conference of highway bureau officials, went Into ennferenre with J. D. Wood, commissioner of public works, on the highway program fnr 192S. This protrrnm. Us whs learned, may reach as high s two and a half million dollar, from all sources hefor , 'h 9W 0VT' lo "nf ,,n rf,n' ,rlr"0. reconstruction and oiling r""r administrative purposes the stat la divdled Into fi ve SIstrltts. mm h oik til engineer ,h, . I DAIRY' I News Notes Lio in t PROVED BULL IS MOST VALUABLE One .can never be absolutely sure ol the breeding value of a bnll until his daughters come Into milk. It frequently happens, however, that a good registered bull can be bought from a neighbor who can no longer retain him on account of having too many of his daughters In the herd. Such bulls, when their daughters ha-- , j proved to be good producers, Jf they are free from disease, may often be purchased for less than their actual breeding value. A man run no risk In buying a healthy, proved bull, saya the Iowa Homestead. Many a bull has been sent to the shambles before his breeding value was discovered In his offspring. Don't let a good bull of this sort go to the butcher If you can use him. Always bear In mind that the real value of a dairy bull Is determined by his daughters. The dairyman. Intent upon building a herd, must constantly select the best females as well as males for breeding purposes and weed out the poorer Individuals. There Is only one way to do this Intelligently. He must keep production records of his cows. He must welgto and test the milk of each cow at least once a month. He can do that himself If he wants to. The time required to do the work Is small. Sue!' a test can be easily made once a rtonth In two hours, and the operator will find It a mighty interesting task as well as a very profitable one. Another way to accomplish the same end Is to Join a cow testing association. Where that Is practicable we strongly recommend that plan. We wish to emphasize, however, that where there Is no co testing association, and no prospect of getting one established, do not neglect the testing and record keeping on that account. Do It yourself. Work of this sort pays big dividends. It brings results. Economy and Efficiency of Machines in Milkincr extensive study as to the econand efiiciency of milking machines Is being made by the dairy husbandry department of Iowa State college, Ames, Iowa. While the work Is not completed, the most recent results Indicate that: 1. The use of the machine does not affect the milk flow. 2 With a herd of approximately 25 cows, time saving amounts to about per cent. One man with a machine can replace two men hand milkAn omy ing. 3. One man operating two units Is more efticient than If he attempts to operate three units. 4. Unless great care Is exercised In cleaning the machine and In operating It, the bacterial count will be higher than with hand milking. 5. The sediment content of machine-draw- n milk is lower than thnt of hand-draw- n milk. Buttermilk for Calves Favored by Two Experts E. V. Ellington and J. C. Knott of the Washington experiment station have Just reported their results on dried buttermilk substituting and semi-solibuttermilk for skim milk In the cnlf ration. Twenty four calves were divided Into three groups of tight each. One group was fed skimmed milk, another dried buttermilk nt the rate of eight parts water to one part of dried buttermilk. A third group was fed semi-solibuttermilk at the rate of eight water parts to three parts of seml-sollbuttermilk. The results showed these buttermilk feeds to he satisfactory substitutes for skim milk where skim milk Is not available. d d d I Dairy Facts ? Rye and corn silage will help dairy farmers to overcome hny shortage. Keeping records will show rbe dairy farmer bow to make ten cows do the work of lifteen. Dry pastures mean low m'.'k production nnless sows are fed both a concentrate ration and good legume hny. Much butter manufactured In the late summer and fall hss objectionable flavors, not r.nly because of the difllcully of keeping cream sweet and untainted In the hot summer weather, but nln been use of (lip poor feeds In Hip dry pastures.. Cuttle kept In n warm shed will di better every time than those lert out In the wind. Chasing rows with i!..ps or driving them i n the run niih hores will de crease the How of milk, polish handling or loud speakin.t by the attend nnt will also have this effect. Even in summer the silo competes successfully with soiling crops, for It supplies n uniform preen frcd independent f,f vrnttrr conditions and r'th economy of time and tnhnr |